food – Royal Origin

The Big Apple | RO Explore

H2Oi was the destination, but New York was the first stop. The cheapest flight we could find to get to H2oi in Ocean City, Maryland involved a stop in New York and a 4 hour drive down to Maryland. We start this trip with our flight from LAX to JFK…
I was extremely hungry, so I loaded up at Lemonade with some chicken chili and tuna avocado.
7 hours later and I woke up to a beautiful sunrise in New York.

After checking in, the first thing we did was head to The Halal Guys for their famous rice dishes.
It’s the sauce man, the sauce makes this dish. Coincidentally, Jerald was in New York already with his family and had a day to meet us up. Happy to say this is now available in OC, but the line for it is too ridiculous to wait in.This police station looks like a restaurant.

So much information in Time Square.

Shavi got a shot of me taking photos of Time Square.

A travel tip from us is to get the New York pass if you want to do the major tourist attractions.

The next stop on our New York tour was the Rockefeller Building where we will be visiting the Top of the Rock.

The view from up here is amazing,, hopefully these photos will do it’s justice.

Stand tall.

The famous Radio City Music Hall.\

Right by the Rockefeller Center is the beautiful St. Patrick Cathedral. A must check out if you’re in the area!

Shavi got a photo of me taking in the beauty of the cathedral.

The inside of the cathedral is amazing. and it’s free to come inside.

Next we stopped by 10 Below Ice Cream for some sweets. They roll up the ice cream here and make it right in front of you.

Cookies and cream.

Matcha made in heaven, green tea and strawberry flavor.

Just 15 minutes away was the 9/11 memorial, so we decided to pay our respects and check out the memorial.

The deep and lost feeling from this memorial was so powerful.

New York will bounce back.

October 17, 2015

RO in Australia | Mr. Crackles & Harbour

Another day in Sydney, Australia, and Alan from AL Captures from Melbourne, Australia was still in town and was nice enough to take me around. We started out our day at a photo shoot and then drove into the city to check out some good food and a few typical tourist spots.

That is right. That is their Burger King.

Seeing my favorite Pepper Lunch here was a nice surprise, but still wouldn’t eat something I can already get back home.

Somewhere in downtown Sydney.

Alan: Thank you for hanging out with me down there. Truly appreciate the hospitality. Let me know when you are over the big pond.

Some weird bird.

Finally to the main location, Mr. Crackles. This spot is known for having crispy skinned succulent meats mixed with their dishes.

The crispiness.

Slow roasted 5 spiced pork belly with Vietnamese style salad inside a long roll.

Delicious and filling. Not real big on onion rings, but these were really enjoyable for me.

Fully laid out, and slammed on the floor.

Going through Harbour Bridge.

I am sure most of us have seen this on television at the 2000 summer Olympics, the Sydney Opera House.

The actual Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House all in one view.

Some Southern California love down under.

The city life in Sydney was really impressive. Definitely, one of the most lively and busy cities.

Ended the day in the city with some Golden Gaytime.

If I were to go back to Australia, I would definitely love to see more of the country; probably Melbourne area, the coral reefs, or what the real outback is.

September 11, 2015

RO in Australia | Cafe Roman & Photo Hang

Its the next day or so in Sydney, Australia, and the Built To Order guys started out our day by hitting up Cafe Roman for some bombass breakfast/brunch.

The menu.

Art x Food.

Hass x Carl.

The Mediterranean breakfast. Cumin spiced fried eggs, sujuk salsa, labneh, halloumi, eggplant, zaartar bread, olives, and with Lebanese bread.

Eggs Benedict. English muffin, wilted spinach, smoked salmon, poached eggs, and with hollandaise sauce.

The Roman breakfast. Eggs, sausage, beef rashes, sauteed mushrooms, roasted tomato, hash brown, and sourdough toast.

Posted up in front of Cafe Roman.

Tarik x Nitto x Carl.

After Cafe Roman, we spent the rest of the day light at the Sydney docks. Just hanging out and shooting some nice cars.

Jacob’s Evo was so photogenic in these settings.

Fitment shot on RSV Forged RS10D wheels.

I love me some directional wheels.

George x Nitto.

Matthew’s Toyota 86 on RSV Forged Retro Centre R1.

Group shot.

Diversity. What a spectrum of cars right there.

Jame’s S14 on AG wheels. He didn’t have much fun getting home later as you will see.

Astra Limousines & Wedding Cars Ferrari California T rolling on RSV Forged RS5Y wheels.

The hard top convertible adds a different look to it.

Mercedes-Benz CLS on RSV Forged RS10.

That’s about a 6.5 inch lip right there.

And around 5 inchs of lip in the front.

So due to minor technical difficulties from just moving to the spot you saw above, it had to be towed back home.

Headed back to the suburbs before the sunset, and went back into the city later that night for some night life. More posts on Australia coming.

September 1, 2015

Food Truck Meets | Food Adventures

On today’s food adventures, we took out your woman crush Wednesdays, Sara and Hayle to eat some delicious wieners.

The ladies getting mesmerized by the wieners.

First time Sara wasn’t ready for a photo and Vinh was.

Hayle also always alert for a photo op.

Dogzilla one of my favorite food trucks of all time. I’ve been eating here since 2010 when they would be stationed in front of Sam Ash on Beach blvd. Crazy how fast time passes, but their food is still amazing.

Sara telling us about her patients who get worms in their vagina’s right before our food came out.

I got the spicy dogzilla combo with an egg on top.

How it looks with no egg.

I hope when you google image search Sara Choi this photo pops up.

Some more shots of the deliciousness.

It’s a wiener party.

The next stop would be Porko Rico BBQ. Get it? Puerto Rico – Porko Rico.

When bae is about to buy you food.

I got the pillager pulled pork. The center was flavorful, but the bun was over bearing and dry. It made it hard to consume after a while and I just ended up eating the center only.

Vinh got the captain porko fries which was the better option among our two orders. They really mastered slow smoked pork here at Porko Rico BBQ.

Last on the list was Meow Meow Cafe, we’ve been here a couple times in the past and it was amazing, but I heard from Alyssa who lives down the street that this place changed ownership and is not as great anymore. Well, she was right…

Anyways, it was cool to put our phones down and just update each other on our lives.

Hayle trying to live in the moment.

Hayle missing bae.

Back on their phones..

Then Shavi arrived and everyone won the lotto. Yay!

February 11, 2015

Tra House | Food Adventures

Tra House has come a long way since it opened back in 2012. It use to be strictly a boba shop and then out of no where evolved into a full blown restaurant. Tra House is known for making Vietnamese dishes with a little twist to it, so if you’re a Vietnamese food fanatic and you eat here you’re going to be mind blown.

This is my favorite photo ever.

Garlic shrimp noodles. Pretty basic, but the shrimp was on point. I just wanted some dry noodles to eat.

Chicken vermicelli with egg rolls. Can’t go wrong with this combination.

When Vietnamese people think meat with baguette bread, they automatically think of banh mi sandwiches. When ordering this dish we did not expect it to come out like a pizza. Pretty good.

Crispy rice with Chinese sausages. We were expecting a bowl of fried rice with sausages. This was a pleasant surprise and also good.

Bo Ne. A slap of steak with tater tots and a fried egg. Taste delicious.

Great place to have dinner and the place has a nice vibe to it. Also the drinks here are really good too. Try the New Yorker.

February 8, 2015

See Ya Later…

The part I hate most about our out-of-state friends visiting us, is saying goodbye. All good things come to an end and even though we will for sure see them in the near future, it’s always sad when they leave. We started out the day with the obligatory all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ at Cham Sut Gol.

Sizzlin’ brisket.

The best part about eating at Cham Sut Gol is the free thrifty ice cream.

Afterwards, we rolled out to meet up with Nimo and the IE guys for a photo shoot in Anaheim Hills.

Love watching the sun kiss…

Ryan’s gangster GTI.

This is the first thing Nimo does when he sees me…

Vuzoku.

Figuring out how to ride this contraption.

Vu’s Miata with his brand new Work Meister CR-01.

Looks perfect on his car.

Ryan’s GTI on 3SDM.

Nimo test driving the Sunkist.

He looks pretty good in it.

Jeff and Kentaro.

Jeff giving all of these cars a blessing. WARNING: The next couple of photos might give you a small glimpse of heaven.

A better photo of Vu’s Miata. So clear…

IE guys.

Yoshi rockin’ the Hella Flush Japan shirt.

A photo within a photo.

Black reflections.

Sun kiss me.

INSTAGRAM CREW.

Good times hanging out with the Vegas crew. It’s never a goodbye for us, it’s always a see ya later. We’ll reunite again at Formula D Irwindale!

-NGU ASS

Photos by NGU ASS & Jeff Payuan aka Father Jeff.

October 7, 2012

A Royal Adventure

Keith Cheng aka Keychain here, and this is my first post ever on Royal Origin. I am usually blogging and taking pictures for It’s JDM Yo, but I am here to share with you our Las Vegas adventure through Jeff and my eyes.

A few rolling shots on our way to Las Vegas.

Ryan Gold’s Civic Si. He drove all the way from Santa Barbara to join this adventure with us.

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April 27, 2012

BabyStacks Cafe

During our trip in Vegas, the Royal Origin and Lowballers fam wanted to gather up for some breakfast. We planned the night before that we would go BabyStacks Cafe, previously known as BabyCakes. Well actually, we had pretty much made it a plan to go to BabyStacks way before the Vegas trip. This was my first time (Vinh) in Las Vegas with everyone, so I was probably the only one who hasn’t had the opportunity to enjoy their bomb breakfast foods. Everyone always talked about how awesome their red velvet pancakes are. I had some pretty high expectations coming in for breakfast and I wasn’t disappointed one bit. It was amazingly life changing; I will never look at ordinary pancakes the same. A must-have if you’re ever in the area. Haha, sorry for my Yelp Review, now let’s see some photos.

Everyone starting to show up at BabyStacks.

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April 17, 2012

Wheels N Meals 3: FoodElement

I always told myself, that I would stop by and check out Wheels N Meals if it was going down when I was in town. Coincidentally, the first two times occurred when I was back home, but my lazy ass didn’t want to drive out two miles to attend. I guess the 3rd time’s the charm. I was home for Spring Break and saw that it was happening, so I decided to finally check it out.

So basically, Wheels N Meals is just a Food Truck Meet in Milpitas, CA. The food trucks come and customers show up in their cars. It’s been awhile since I’ve been to a Bay Area car meet. Wish I had my car with me to take out for a cruise. All good though! I went to the meet to eat some good food, and also ran into a old friends.

This clean Benz from SF Wekfest (sorry, it’s blurry), still clean though!

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March 28, 2012

Run for the Hills.

Went to LA with David and Jeff, just for a sandwich. But it’s not just any sandwich, it’s CAPRIOTTIS! We were introduced to this sandwich by Chivas in Vegas. Love the sandwich so much that every time we are in Vegas, we have to go get some. I usually get a 20” Capastrami and David usually gets the Bobbie. I’ll show you what it is in a moment. We took out the swag Camry because bitches love the Camry. When we parked, we realized that his car was the cheapest car on the whole block. We were in the city of BMWs and Lambos, where Lexus IS 250s were seen more than Honda Civics.

This is a multi-directional cross walk. We were so amazed by it that we went through it twice.

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March 9, 2012

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